How to burn a Windows .iso to a USB device? [duplicate]

I want to burn a Windows ISO to a USB device in Ubuntu. How do I do this?

I know how to burn a Ubuntu ISO into a USB device, but with a Windows ISO it's not the same.


UNetbootin should work: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Or you could try a bit-by-bit copy:

  1. Insert the USB device and then open Disk Utility (in 10.10 and older, System -> Administration -> Disk Utility).
  2. Select the USB device from the list in the left of the program and detect where it was mounted: /dev/sd[1 letter][optionally 1 number]. For example, /dev/sdc or /dev/sdc1.
  3. Make sure the USB device is unmounted (not safely removed, but unmounted) If it is mounted you can unmount it:

    sudo umount /dev/sd[1 letter][optionally 1 number]
    
  4. Assuming the .iso file is in your home folder, open the terminal and write:

    sudo dd bs=4M if=[ur .iso] of=/dev/sd[that 1 letter]
    

    Example:

    sudo dd bs=4M if=windows7.iso of=/dev/sdc
    

And wait for it to finish. (The "bs=4M" - bit is optional, just makes it faster.)


  1. Insert the USB device, then run gparted.

  2. Select the USB device from the list near the upper-right corner of the GParted window and detect where it was mounted: /dev/sd[1 letter] (mine was /dev/sdc).

  3. Make sure the USB device is unmounted (right-click and select unmount).
  4. sudo dd if=[PATH TO YOUR .iso FILE] of=/dev/sd[THAT 1 LETTER]

    In my case: sudo dd if=/home/downloads/windows7.iso of=/dev/sdc

You must run dd as su or sudo. It's worth mentioning that gparted requires su as well, but will typically use gksudo to prompt for the password.

This means you can lock gparted to the launcher on a persistent liveboot USB for field diagnostics.